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The 2022 Top 10 ERP Systems Report
This report highlights the ERP vendors and systems that our consulting team has found to be innovative and strong in[…]
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5 Factors Influencing Cloud ERP Costs
One of the most significant decisions that modern business leaders face is whether to host their systems in the cloud or on-premise. Both can offer many benefits, so choosing one can be a challenge. If you’re leaning toward cloud ERP, you may be wondering what...
How do ERP Systems Streamline Business Processes?
When disparate solutions work in silos and cannot speak to one another, bottlenecks, redundancies, and other inefficiencies are bound to occur. However, combining disparate solutions into one comprehensive enterprise resource planning (ERP) system can streamline...
ERP Readiness: Are You Ready to Tackle an ERP Project?
You’ve heard about the benefits of implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, and you’re ready to reap them. You know that migrating the financial and operational aspects of your business onto a central, comprehensive platform can...
How to Develop an ERP Business Case that Convinces Executives
It’s no secret that modern enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is a great way to consolidate your business functions. It also can increase operational efficiency, produce cost savings and centralize data throughout the enterprise. Clearly, ERP systems have a...
What is ERP in Supply Chain Management?
Business leaders need to interact with key team members, including suppliers and partners, to turn raw materials and resources into finished goods. How does ERP fit into the picture – or in other words – what is ERP in supply chain management? Well, an ERP solution...
How Does ERP Help Accounting?
In more and more companies, accounting is being automated, and for good reason. Not only does automation – using enterprise resource planning (ERP) software – provide more robust and precise calculations, but it also helps reduce the potential for human error. So,...
How to Develop an ERP Project Plan
When companies decide to implement ERP software, they often jump right into ERP selection without taking the time to prepare. However, it’s important to first develop an ERP project plan based on realistic expectations. Most vendors aren’t equipped to develop a...
5 Tips for Improving ERP Business Intelligence
Many of today’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems have business intelligence (BI) features that analyze data across functional areas and enable smart decision making. For example, visual and intuitive dashboards offer what is referred to as “self-service BI.”...
Guide to Finding the Best ERP Consultant
ERP projects are frequently run by project managers with little ERP implementation experience. Many of these project managers refuse to contract with ERP consultants or ERP implementation companies. As a result, organizations struggle to implement new enterprise...
How Much Does it Cost to Implement an ERP System?
If your company is beginning ERP selection, you’re probably thinking a lot about cost. However, setting realistic expectations requires a big picture view – you need to consider not just the cost of a system but the total cost of ownership. In other words, how much...
What Types of ERP Systems are There?
If you’re about to begin ERP selection, you’ve probably asked yourself, “What types of ERP systems are there?” Well, you’re in luck because, today, we’re going to answer this question at length. First, it’s important to understand some of the different...
7 Tips for Developing a Business Case for ERP Implementation
It’s no secret that enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is a great way to consolidate your business functions. It also can reduce process times, increase collaboration and centralize data throughout the enterprise. Clearly, ERP systems have a wide range...
Software End of Life: What are Your Options?
You’ve been using a reliable ERP solution for more than five years. Everyone from the CEO to the IT manager is happy with the current solution. Then, it happens. Your ERP vendor makes a the dreaded software end of life announcement: the product you’re using will be...
5 Tips for Selecting an eCommerce System
Whether you’re a B2B or B2C retailer, the ability to sell your product online is critical to reach new customers and stay competitive. At first, online retailing may seem less complicated than running a traditional brick-and-mortar storefront, but eCommerce...
5 Benefits of SaaS ERP for Forward-thinking Companies
Many ERP vendors are transitioning away from the on-premise model are moving toward cloud and software as a service (SaaS). This gives companies in the market for SaaS ERP plenty of choices. However, as with any ERP selection decision, the way you choose to deploy...
Question: Is ERP Good Enough to Manage Bill of Materials?
2020 has arrived, and with it, an ongoing debate continues about enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and if it can manage bill of materials effectively and efficiently? It seems the industry changes its mind about the answer to this question depending on which...
6 ERP Selection Criteria to Guide Your Evaluation Process
How do you decide which ERP system to implement when internal bias and vendor enthusiasm threaten to sway you? The best way to evaluate systems is to weigh the strengths and weaknesses of each according to the following ERP selection criteria. ERP Selection Criteria...
4 Tips for Improving ERP Financial Reporting
Business intelligence (BI) tools have become an enterprise software staple, and it’s easy to see why: the ability to explore, visualize and share business data has made BI solutions a bedrock upon which faster, better decisions can be made. While there’s no question...
Trends That Will Enable Digital Operations in 2021
While memes and popular music remain relevant for extended lengths of time, digital technology trends move with the quick pace of innovation. In this post, we’ve compiled a list of digital technology trends that we think will be profoundly relevant throughout...
